Jeremiah 13:7:10Jer.13.7.W10TAB
נִשְׁחַ֣ת
nishkhat
“it was spoiled”
- Transliteration
- nish-KHAT
- Extended
- nihsh-KHAT
- IPA
- /niʃˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- it was spoiled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
nish-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR
- clause
ve-hi-NE nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR LO yits-LAKH la-KOL
- sentence
va-e-LEKH pe-ra-TA va-e-khPOR va-e-KAKH et-ha-e-ZOR min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-te-man-TIV SHA-ma ve-hi-NE nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR LO yits-LAKH la-KOL
Exegesis
In the result, Niphal perfect nishchat {נִשְׁחַ֣ת | niš-ḥat} ‘was ruined’ precedes the noun ha-ezor to depict utter spoilage.
Root and etymology
š-ḥ-tshin–chet–tav
“spoil, ruin”
In context — Jeremiah 13:7
So I went to Perath and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the waistband was ruined, and it would not succeed for anything.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁחַ֣ת (nishkhat) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jer.13.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.7.W10.S1) and character.